Like I said, I was ill prepared for what emanated from speakers in the time immediately following my pressing of the play button. Hardcore and hip hop is a combination that I have never come across before. Rock and rap, metal and rap, pop and rap, sure. There was even this whole subgenre of nu-metal that mined the depths of the metal/rap crossover potential for all it was worth and then some, virtually killing a style that could have a lot to offer in the long run, something we will now never know. Now hardcore and rap? This is something new to me. I have my doubts that it something new, but I have not been exposed to this particular combination before.
The songs on this album are big, booming, dirty, and aggressive. This is music from and for the streets. It is angry, raw, and punishing. Is it good? I don't really know. I know that it is hard to stop listening to it. This is good workout music, it gets the adrenaline flowing and you just may be afraid of what could happen if you stop.
Thugcore 4 Life veers from the hardcore of songs like "We Don't Care" and "The Harsh Truth" to straight up hip hop with "Get Down" and "I'm a Shotblocker" to songs that introduce even more elements like the ska inflected "Livin' by the Gun" and the groove driven "Banged Out." No matter how different a lot of these songs sound from one another, they always have the distinct aura of being created by the same artist.
Bottomline. Definitely a change of pace from my usual fare, but not so far off the beaten path as to be a foreign entity. Danny Diablo has the attitude and the skills to make these very different sounds mesh and work so well together. This is an album to check out. Both hardcore fans and hip hop fans will likely find something to like about this combination and could possibly discover something new to like.
Recommended.
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